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If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.
If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.
Tears are the summer showers to the soul.
Tears are the summer showers to the soul.
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can read more
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.
For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.
For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.
Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life read more
Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.
It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
She was a good deal shock'd; not shock'd at tears,
For women shed and use them at their liking;
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She was a good deal shock'd; not shock'd at tears,
For women shed and use them at their liking;
But there is something when man's eye appears
Wet, still more disagreeable and striking.
Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.
Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.